20 ST. GEORGE — For the week of November 28, 2008 NEIGHBORHOODS Southern CARTER can replace A new. credit union e Continued from pg. 14 can you explain the cost of the nine ladies dancing being so high? I’m pretty sure that you can find nine ladies dancing for much less if the dancers are wearing actual “Christmas-type” dancing outfits instead of your more exotic-dancer type of dance garb — I rest my case. With you the reader in mind, I have come up with better gifts for the 12 days of Christmas. The gifts in this list are usable, affordable, and guaranteed to be appreciated. On the 12th day of Christmas try giving a DVD about drummers drumming — I suggest the movie “Drum Line” - approximate ‘retail value $15 (although any movie with drums in it will do). Instead of 11 pipers piping a better gift might be 11 people's pictures. They can be pictures of close friends, children, grandchildren, relatives, or if the pictures are good enough they can even be total strangers. Cost of the 11 pictures — $5.50. Diana Windley / For St. George Neighborhoods Jess Hunsaker, chairman of the Board of directors for Goldenwest Credit Union, wields the scissors during the ribbon-cutting for the new facility at 1805 West Sunset Boulevard. Members of the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce’s Sunshiners joined cred- it union officials during the official opening event on Nov. 20. The branch's hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday throughThursday, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The branch manager is Chris Huber. The Spectrum — www.thespectrum.com Utah residents the 10 lords a leaping with 10 tumbleweeds tumbling. These can be purchased online at prairietumbleweedfarm. com for between $15 and $25 each — depending upon size. Bonus... here in Southern Utah one can find Tumbleweeds for considerably less. The retail value of this gift is from $150 to $250 but here in Southern Utah you can find these hearty Christmas plants free for the taking along many of your more popular roadsides. The thought of giving nine ladies dancing as a Christmas gift seems a tad decadent — that’s why in my list on the ninth day the gift is actually substituted with nine gallons of gasoline. Value in today’s dollars - $17. In today’s economy, eight single-serving bottles of milk come in at around $9.50 — making it a much more affordable gift than eight maids a-milking — Not to mention the fact that it’s very difficult to exchange eight maids a-milking at your local e Pediatric Care ¢ Adolescent Care e Adult Care “ e Sports Medicine e Office Surgeries FORECLOSE PROPERTIES 350 West 680 North -La Verkin Built 2005. 1906 sq ft Dr. Carter will join our team on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008 car Call for appointment 674-6061 Complete Family Health Care Including OB Care * $169,900 $195,000.00 - MLS 08-102826 3BD, 2 BA, 1,310 SF. 3285 West 400 North —Hurricane Potential Commercial Usage *% Habla Espafol Sun Bowl Corner 96 S. 400 E. - Clinic Hours: M-F 9am-7pm Sat 9am-2pm 736 S. 900 E. Ste #203 St. George, UT 84790 9753-j26 ST. GEORGE CLINIC garage FEATURED PROPERTIES 3490 East Hidden Springs —-Washington Built 2003 1947 sq ft 3 bed 2 bath 2 car garage $231,750.00 St. George department store the day after Christmas. A gift card to go swimming in your local public pool makes much more sense than seven swans-aswimming; with the added benefit that the gift card to swim has an approximate retail value of $35 as opposed to thousands of dollars for the swans. A prudent giftgiver can also cut out the middle man with the six geese a-laying by simply giving a half dozen of eggs. Depending upon size this may cost upwards of $1.50. The five golden rings in my list would become five golden onion rings — I prefer o-rings from Crown burger in Salt Lake City, but many of your finer fast food restaurants right here in Southern Utah can fill the bill for.under $10. Four calling cards are much more appreciated than calling birds and show me the man who wouldn't prefer a bucket of fried chicken over three French’ hens — Cost $55. The two turtle doves are replaced with two cans of car wax in my list — and - for song purists I suggest using Turtle Wax car wax — approximate retail value 24 : The partridge in a pear tree is a tough gift to find here, as pear trees don't fare so well in the intense heat of our summers and cold of . our winters. That's why a cartridge makes such a nice gift alternative. The beauty of this gift is that you can find .22 caliber cartridges for about a penny or two each — while some of your more expensive .44 mag loads might run as high as 55 cents apiece. — Cost for a box of 22 shells - $2. This is brings the total cost of John Carter's 12 Call Dell urchase price. For details 703-9288 days of Christmas to under $200, saving you, the reader, thousands! — Happ Holidays from yours truly!